Featured Image : Regent Bowerbird. Well…Surprise..Surprise, still no polish on the van. The Showgrounds here at Toowoomba are very open and it’s blowing a gale. This morning we woke to the dreaded Drizzle plus it’s so much cooler here than on the coast. We were deciding what we were going to do for the day […]
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Migrating Russian eagles run up huge data roaming charges Eagles being tracked by Russian scientists via a GPS collar has cost them a small fortune in roaming charges – after it flew out the country. The migrating bird, named Min, was fitted with a device designed to text its coordinates back to researchers. 25 October […]
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Birds Canada and The National Audubon Society are looking to hire a joint Movement Ecologist. The Movement Ecologist will work closely with the Audubon’s Migratory Bird Initiative and Conservation Science teams and the Migration Ecology and Data Science and Technology teams at Birds Canada to promote effective conservation outcomes through movement and migration ecology research. See […]
via Bird Movement Ecologist Job Opportunity — Natural History Wanderings
Parrots are one of the most beloved and sought-after bird species around the world and are native to South America, Africa, and Australia. They are admired for their colorful feathers, cunning intelligence, and witty personalities; and it is for these reasons why they are popular in the international pet trade. But just like any captive […]
The New York Times reports To persuade some migrating Caspian terns to stop short of the Columbia River, scientists planted plastic decoys and patio speakers in San Francisco Bay. The goal of those doppelgängers was to lure terns to breed on the islands, and, in doing so, prevent endangered salmon and trout living hundreds of miles to […]
via A Silicon Valley Disruption for Birds That Gorge on Endangered Fish — Natural History Wanderings
Kris Everatt was tracking lion prides as part of his conservation research in Mozambique’s Limpopo National Park when he came across dozens of dead vultures near a waterhole. As he walked closer to the waterhole, he saw the mutilated bodies of three lions. Their faces and paws were missing. “I’d never seen a lion with […]
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UC Berkeley reports As temperatures rise, desert birds need more water to cool off at the same time as deserts are becoming drier, setting some species up for a severe crash, if not extinction, according to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley. The team that last year documented a collapse of bird communities […]
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